Wimbledon: Swiatek stunned by Elina Svitolina

With her improved show on grass, Iga Swiatek was touted emulate her French Open show at the Wimbledon this year as he was claimed as among the favourites for the title, if not the outright favourite. But the world no.1 was stunned on Tuesday evening by an inspired Elina Svitolina on Centre Court as she suffered a quarterfinal exit following a 5-7, 7-6(4), 2-6 loss. Wild card entrant Svitolina, who recently returned to tour after a maternity break, matched her best ever show at the SW19 by reaching the semifinal for the second time after 2019. She will next face unseeded Czech Markéta Vondroušová, who earlier defeated world no.4 Jessica Pegula on Court 1. After the 2 hour and 50 minutes of riveting battle on iconic arena, Svitolina scripted her seventh career win against a world no.1 and first since 2018 when she had defeated Simona Halep to claim the title in Rome. It was also her fourth victory against a Grand Slam champion after she overcame seven-time winner Venus Williams, former Australian Open winner Sofia Kenin and two-time winner at Melbourne Park, Victoria Azarenka. Svitolina hence became the third player in Open Era to script such a run at a major after Serena Williams at the US Open 1999 and Justin Henin at the Roland Garros 2005 – they had both won the title.